Special Collections and Archives

The Special Collections and Archives Department of McIntyre Library collects the official and unofficial records of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from its founding as the Eau Claire Normal School in 1916 to the present. As one of 14 members of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Area Research Center Network, the department also holds manuscript collections and local government records pertaining to six Wisconsin counties: Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Rusk and Taylor. In addition to these collections, the department also holds and provides access to local history publications, maps, rare books and campus photographs.

NOTE: Many of the collections available through the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Archives Catalog can be transferred to our archives. For more information, please contact us at library.archives@uwec.edu, or fill out the online transfer request form.